Carmel Martin Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - U.S. Department of Education Vision and Initiatives.

Carmel MartinAssistant Secretary for

Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development

- Tuesday, July 28, 2009 -

U.S. Department of Education

Vision and Initiatives

Post-Secondary

• All graduates have opportunities for success in the 21st century economy

Birth to Age 5

Secondary (Grades 6-12)

• All students graduate high school on time prepared for at least one year of post-secondary

Elementary(Grades K-5)

• All students enter middle school with the foundational skills to tackle advanced subjects

• All kindergarten students arrive ready to learn

“By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.”

President Barack Obama, February 24, 2009

Key K-12 reforms

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Raise standards and improve

assessments.

Build robust data systems that track

student progress and improve practice.

Recruit, retain and support effective

educators, and ensure that they

are equitably distributed.

Turn around low-performing

schools, focusing on dropout factories and their feeder schools.

State Longitudinal Data Systems

$250 million in Recovery Act; $65 million request for FY2010.

Grants to support states in working with state agencies and LEAs to establish seamless data systems.New focus on coordination: early education,

K-12, post-secondary education, workforce.Getting information into the hands of users

(teachers, parents, school leaders) so that they can best support students and make instructional and program decisions.4

ARRA Formula Funds

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Historic influx of funding to all states creates strong foundation for reforms.

Program FY09 ARRAFY10 Request

State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

$48.6b

Title I Grants to LEAs $14.5b $10b $13b

IDEA Part B Grants to States

$11.5b $11.3b $11.5b

Education Technology $269.9m $650m $100m

ARRA Competitive Grants

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Targeted competitive grants raise the bar on standards, talent, data, and turnaround.

Program FY09 ARRAFY10 Request

Race to the Top $4.35b

Title I School Improvement Fund

$545m $3b $1.5b

Innovation Fund $650m $100m

State Longitudinal Data Systems

$65m $250m $65m

Teacher Incentive Fund $97m $200m $517m

Total $0.7b $8.45b $2.2b

SFSF Metrics: Human Capital

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EXAMPLES: Number and percent of teachers in the highest-poverty and lowest-poverty schools in the state who are highly qualified.

Number and percent of teachers and principals rated at each performance level in each local educational agency’s (LEA’s) evaluation system.

Number and percent of LEA teacher and principal evaluation systems that require evidence of student achievement outcomes.

•Distribution of teachers by performance level by school.•Description of the teacher evaluation system.

SFSF Metrics: Data Systems

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EXAMPLES: Which of the 12 elements described in section 6401(e)(2)(D) of the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 9871) are included in the State’s statewide longitudinal data system.

Whether the State provides teachers of reading/language arts and mathematics in grades in which the State administers assessments in those subjects with data on the performance of their students on those assessments that include estimates of individual teacher impact on student achievement, in a manner that is timely and informs instruction.

SFSF Metrics: Standards & Assessments

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EXAMPLES: Whether the state has developed and implemented valid and reliable assessments for students with disabilities and the percent of students with disabilities tested on state mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) assessments.

Whether the state has developed and implemented valid and reliable assessment for English language learners and the percent of English language learners tested on state mathematics and ELA assessments.

Whether the most recent state reading and mathematics NAEP scores is on 2009-10 State Report Cards;.

The number and percentage of students by school who graduate high school and go on to complete at least one year’s worth of college credit (as applicable to a degree) within two years.

• #/% of students who graduate from high school using the 4 year adjusted cohort rate.

• #/% who enroll in IHE.

• #/% who complete one year’s worth of credit in two years.

SFSF Metrics: Struggling Schools

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EXAMPLES: The number of schools in school improvement status that have demonstrated substantial gains in student achievement, closed, or consolidated within last three years.

Of the schools in school improvement status, the number of schools in the bottom five percent that have demonstrated substantial gains in student achievement, closed or consolidated within the last three years.

Whether the state allows charter schools and whether there is a cap restricting the number of such schools, the number of charter schools currently operating in the state, and the number of charter schools closed for academic, financial or purposes.

College Access and Completion: GoalsWe will work with states to:

Strengthen state and community colleges.

Ensure college readiness among high school graduates.

Expand access to and awareness of federal financial aid, so that financial barriers do not prevent students from going to college.

Dramatically increase need-based aid, access to loans and expand tax credits. 11

Postsecondary Initiatives

Program FY10 Request

Pell Grants$28.7 billion / $5,500 maximum

Perkins Loans $6 billion

Federal TRIO Programs $905.1 million

College Access & Completion Fund

$500.0m

Title III Aid for Institutional Dev.

$465.5m

GEAR UP $313.2m12

Shorter, simpler, and more user friendly Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Major initiatives and funding streams include:

Community College Initiatives Innovation - $6.3b over 10 years

Series of competitive grants to institutions, states and consortia.

Includes both Community College Challenge Grants and the College Access and Completion Fund

Institutional Reform and Strategies for college completionModernization - $2.5b one time – leveraged for $10b impact

Many community college facilities are over 50 years old. Funds would expand colleges’ ability to meet employer and student needs.

Online learning - $50m per year for 10 yearsCreate state-of-the-art high quality courses that would be

freely and widely available to help students gain knowledge, skills, and credentials they need for both college and career.

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Looking Ahead: Workforce Investment Act ReauthorizationModernizing adult education.Ensuring better coordination of programs for those eligible for vocational rehabilitation.

Addressing the needs of disconnected youth.

Revitalizing community colleges as engines for economic development.

Improve postsecondary data systems.14